John X. Garred

John Garred is a Partner in the Cleveland office of Tucker Ellis & West LLP, focusing in the area of intellectual property law. His practice is concentrated on the assessment of the business value of technological innovation, and implementation of protection schemes to secure that value. John's experience includes assessment of research and development efforts for isolating and protecting patentable subject matter, trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks, and extends to leveraging intellectual property rights in corporate mergers and acquisitions, licensing and secured financing. He also assists in enforcement of intellectual property rights, as well as defending assertions of infringement.

Mr. Garred services a geographically diverse base of clients involved in high technology ventures and is particularly active with companies in the areas of digital devices, electronics, telecommunications and document processing technology. However, his counseling extends to companies with technology assets in varied areas, including biotechnology, medical devices and chemical compositions. John divides his time between servicing clients from the Cleveland and California offices of Tucker Ellis & West LLP.

John is a Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ rated attorney, the highest such peer review rating available to any individual lawyer.

Civic & Professional Involvement

Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers 
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
Ohio Super Lawyer® 2005-2007
Inside Business Best Lawyer

Awards & Professional Recognition

Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ rated attorney

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Service Areas

Industries Represented

• Architectural & Engineering Firms
• Computer Systems Design
• Computers and Electronics
• Consumer Products
• Electrical Equipment
• International
• Printing Industry
• Scientific Research & Development
• Semiconductors
• Software